Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-24
StanfOrd'6 Stand.OM,

NEw YORK, September 21.-The Pacific
Railroad Com mission resumed it's examin.
ston this morning. Mr.. Cohen. in answer
10 request for vouchers as to large dis.
bursements made bv Huntington, stated
that Governor Stanford had refused to for'
ward them, as the Commission had al
ready great many important documents
dthe company which it had failed to re.
turn He did not propose to intrust any
more such papers to the Commission.
C.P. Huntington was particularly ques-
toned with reference to these vO Ichers,
which bear his sigma ture. and appear to be
legal services" and "expense account
1t all happe ed so long ago that the wit
ness could not remember .xactly how this
money was used for any but legal and
proper purposes. and Mr.. Anderson asked
the witness if he thought il proper to use
ibis money for the pay ment OF large lees to
members OF Congress. Bills OF great pecu'
! uary interest to the Central Pacific Rail
road Company were pending. and before
thsses of members were voted thereon
THE wlTvEss ANSWERED.:
'lshould hesitate before paying such
Ices. OF course, when we vented legal ad'
vice, and We required it frequently.
WE ALWAYS WANTED THE BEST"
Huntingdon said between 1872 and the
present time there had been many bills to
Congress affecting the Central Pacific CON-
psny and it was necessary to collect a
rsat deal of information regarding the
for ,,ga nf
Congress, and this cost a great deal OF
money, and it was also necessary to retain
and employ to approsc ch Congressmen and
explain to them just how matters
stood. One man could not
NE all OF these Legislators
and it was necessary for a great many 20
act The witness said it was lively times
Tor the Central Pacific while Tom Scott
prof Ct was before Congress. Witness wrote
agreat many letters to d. h. Cotton tne
time he understood they had been s'olen
rom safe in San Franci co. Four agents
dCoulton's ad minist ra ton had tried 60 sell
them to the witness, but he declined 70 puy.
The commits ssinner produced copies OF THESE
letters with the ma mes omitted ne Delng en-
lo,ned in San Francisco by the Centra'
eitc from producing the names ana ORG,
nails. The witness declined to fi'l o'ahk
10 one letter, in which he characterized :, |,
california Congressman as y id nos'
10 another Scott said it "switched' Ger
Tain Senator's to his eide, but thai nnes
could have been .'switched back. ms
heexplained. meant they could be brouen'
qack to the Union Pacific side by propel
argument. Mr.. Huntington was heg'nn!nl
to get excited. and exclaimed, dramatic
ally:
NEVER WROTE LETTER
that would not be willing to have puo
hshed to the world and posted on ever
bulletin. l never used money to 'nnueoc
Vongressmen. 1t would be strange il
among four hundred. there should not
some among them. though Mr.. Hunting'o
sad he did not think Scott ever pald, or
,ered to pay, for the votes OF Members =
congress. As to his statement IN anoI"e
mauer, that the Committee On Rallroaos
The House was
FIXED UP FOR SCOTT.
The vitness said: II don't think that an!
body was bought with money" Here tl
sitness began to get angry with suggestion
10 Anderson's interrogatories: that tne'
,,s Iss something venal in the language OF - y
,'.ters, and he proceeded to make an ~
pas.'oned speech. He said:
lot OF thin skinned politicians arg .
a!s ready to place a wrong construc'r
Az. my LANGUAGE, and see that IL mas e"'
NSs,urbed this commission
Commissioner Anderson replied. line
.settTh are nrOducod fO ascertain III any